September – Page 4 – Quiet Nature

Long yellow ray flowers surround a 3-6 inch center disc. The leaves are up to 12 inches long.

Purple flowers in spikes, blooming from bottom to top.

Clusters of small white flowers. The leaves are fern-like.

Large bush with feathery white seeds in the late fall. The flowers are white in the female plant, and cream in the male plant.

Blue flowers with toothed petals, often growing on roadsides.

Bright yellow aster flowers with hairy stems and leaves. The stems lie on the ground and then turn upward near the tip.

Copper colored orchids grow in a spike. Their leaves are only seen in the winter, and are purple on the underside.

Pale purple to pinkish-white pea shaped flowers. The banner petal has maroon streaks.

Water plant with a 5 petaled yellow flower and red stems.

More than 20 white (sometimes light pink) threadlike petals with a yellow center.